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The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up
Into Folklore #8 — “august”
Augustine had spent all summer with James, but it didn’t matter a whit because he was still hung up on Betty.
“Be with me,” she pleaded. “Just be with me, please. Can’t you forget about her?”
For his part, James looked as if he just wanted to sulk away all his time in the room they had rented for July. “I don’t know if there’s any way I can forget someone like her,” he admitted.
Augustine should have felt angry. Instead, she just felt inexplicably sad.
For herself. For James. Even, somehow, for Betty.
Augustine needed her own story soon.
Beautiful beginnings can sometimes come from the weeds. Do you appreciate Taylor Swift’s Folklore album? Then follow along for this series of microfiction; this one was based off “august,” track number eight.
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